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‘Cheers’ star George Wendt dies

‘Cheers’ star George Wendt dies

NEW YORK (AP) — George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray”…

MLB reinstates Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson

MLB reinstates Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals. Rose’s permanent ban…